WEBVTT 00:00.400 --> 00:02.622 Yeah , I , I , I'm Harrison Morales and 00:02.622 --> 00:05.389 I am the great grandson of William Dale 00:05.389 --> 00:07.389 Staff Sergeant William Dale Owens . 00:07.840 --> 00:10.159 From all accounts , both military and 00:10.159 --> 00:12.869 personal , I've heard that he is just 00:12.869 --> 00:15.199 an extremely humble person , very quiet 00:15.199 --> 00:18.110 person , and he didn't , he didn't want , 00:18.719 --> 00:20.830 but this he would not , I think he is 00:20.830 --> 00:23.052 not a huge person for celebrations over 00:23.052 --> 00:25.219 himself . He kept himself . He got the 00:25.219 --> 00:27.979 job done and . There was Susan Susan 00:27.979 --> 00:30.059 Morrow and her and her husband Roger 00:30.059 --> 00:32.680 Roger Morrow , and they were here . 00:32.729 --> 00:34.889 They just they just got in last 00:34.889 --> 00:37.111 yesterday and we met up today and there 00:37.111 --> 00:39.369 was my mom , my dad , and then my 00:39.369 --> 00:41.490 girlfriend Alyssa , and they were a 00:41.490 --> 00:43.546 huge help for me . I was super duper 00:43.546 --> 00:45.768 nervous before the speech and they they 00:45.768 --> 00:45.369 really helped me get through and I 00:45.369 --> 00:47.702 practiced a couple of times with Alyssa , 00:47.702 --> 00:49.758 but they were just instrumental just 00:49.758 --> 00:51.869 being right there for me to just . To 00:51.869 --> 00:54.202 to know they're there . I , it , it was , 00:54.202 --> 00:56.313 it was , I , I was beginning to get a 00:56.313 --> 00:58.425 little , a little emotional and I was 00:58.425 --> 00:58.389 also just awestruck , you know , 00:58.790 --> 01:00.901 especially I think it , it really hit 01:00.901 --> 01:03.123 me when um the choir , the , the , um , 01:03.123 --> 01:05.123 82 Airborne choir started singing . 01:05.123 --> 01:07.290 That's when , uh , because the song is 01:07.290 --> 01:09.540 about , it's about reunion and that , 01:09.610 --> 01:11.721 that I really feel that that that was 01:11.721 --> 01:13.888 the moment I like that as Susan said , 01:13.888 --> 01:16.221 the tapestry was was turned over for me . 01:16.221 --> 01:18.277 Um , and yeah , that was that really 01:18.277 --> 01:20.499 stuck out to me . Uh , I would tell him 01:20.499 --> 01:23.190 to look at today , uh , and think and 01:23.190 --> 01:26.069 think if I , I don't think that he 01:26.069 --> 01:27.958 would have been thinking that his 01:27.958 --> 01:30.180 actions would have lasted for this long 01:30.180 --> 01:32.269 and in moments where in trying and 01:32.269 --> 01:34.436 trying moments and really hard moments 01:34.436 --> 01:36.602 and moments that they don't think will 01:36.602 --> 01:38.825 ever end , uh , I , I encourage them to 01:38.825 --> 01:39.349 look forward to moments like these .